In what seems to be the never-ending athletic season on the New Jersey high school landscape, the Passaic Valley baseball team is certainly taking advantage of valuable playing time.

John Mazzo's Tri Boro Sting are off to a 3-3 start in a North Jersey Developmental League. Passaic Valley will play 14-regular season games before the playoffs commence on, or around, July 17. The team visited Pascack Valley yesterday and play at Westwood on June, 30, starting at 5:45 p.m. On July 2, the Sting are back home to take on Pascack Valley at 5:45 p.m.

Tri Boro's home games are played on the varsity baseball field at the high school.

"I'm real happy with what I've seen from our kids in the league," said Mazzo, Passaic Valley's head varsity baseball coach. "It's a good schedule of games. The kids are getting the playing time in, and that's the most important thing. A lot of high school teams play summer ball and it's good for our returning players to get the playing time in."

The Sting opened the season on June 10, losing a 3-2 decision to Ramsey. Two days later, the team won its first game, defeating Demarest, 5-2. A 2-1 loss in eight innings to Ramsey was followed by a 12-0 win over Bergen Tech. After losing to Wayne Hills, 3-1 on June 18, the Sting stopped Paramus, 6-1 on June 19.

Mazzo has been pleased with a myriad of players for the Sting. Casey Hanley, Chris Vogt, Brian Dillon, Anthony DeGrote and Alex Veltri have been effective at the plate and in the field. The pitching staff, which showed good signs this past varsity season, has been led by Brendan Damiano, Vogt, Veltri, DeGrote, Marcus Bulna and Tyler Van Riper.

"We hope more Passaic County schools participate next summer,' said Mazzo. But, for us, it has been going well."

The league is made up mostly of teams from Bergen County. The two Passaic entries are the Hornets and Wayne Hills.

The Passaic Valley boys' basketball team will host a second round of high school games this Saturday at the Passaic Valley High School gym. Varsity head coach Rob Carcich announced that Passaic Valley will field four teams at the one-day camp/tournament. All tolled, approximately 12 schools will compete, starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday.

"We'll have four teams, with freshmen, JV and varsity kids," said Carcich. "The numbers have been pretty good for us, and we're looking forward to playing on Saturday. There will be some good teams coming down, as well."

A third PV basketball camp will be held at the varsity gym on Saturday, July 19. Carcich will also host his annual four day camp for boys who will be in grades 3-8 (this fall) from July 8-11 at the PV gymnasium. The camp will last from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. over the four days. Campers will learn fundamentals of basketball, as well as take part in drills, various stations and overall fun. All camper receive a basketball and jersey for each child.

Carcich and his assistant, Jim Holsworth, will supervise the camp, which will also include members of the high school team as counselors.

For more information, contact Carcich by e-mail at pvrcarcich@yahoo.com.

In what seems to be the never-ending athletic season on the New Jersey high school landscape, the Passaic Valley baseball team is certainly taking advantage of valuable playing time.

John Mazzo's Tri Boro Sting are off to a 3-3 start in a North Jersey Developmental League. Passaic Valley will play 14-regular season games before the playoffs commence on, or around, July 17. The team visited Pascack Valley yesterday and play at Westwood on June, 30, starting at 5:45 p.m. On July 2, the Sting are back home to take on Pascack Valley at 5:45 p.m.

Tri Boro's home games are played on the varsity baseball field at the high school.

"I'm real happy with what I've seen from our kids in the league," said Mazzo, Passaic Valley's head varsity baseball coach. "It's a good schedule of games. The kids are getting the playing time in, and that's the most important thing. A lot of high school teams play summer ball and it's good for our returning players to get the playing time in."

The Sting opened the season on June 10, losing a 3-2 decision to Ramsey. Two days later, the team won its first game, defeating Demarest, 5-2. A 2-1 loss in eight innings to Ramsey was followed by a 12-0 win over Bergen Tech. After losing to Wayne Hills, 3-1 on June 18, the Sting stopped Paramus, 6-1 on June 19.

Mazzo has been pleased with a myriad of players for the Sting. Casey Hanley, Chris Vogt, Brian Dillon, Anthony DeGrote and Alex Veltri have been effective at the plate and in the field. The pitching staff, which showed good signs this past varsity season, has been led by Brendan Damiano, Vogt, Veltri, DeGrote, Marcus Bulna and Tyler Van Riper.

"We hope more Passaic County schools participate next summer,' said Mazzo. But, for us, it has been going well."

The league is made up mostly of teams from Bergen County. The two Passaic entries are the Hornets and Wayne Hills.

The Passaic Valley boys' basketball team will host a second round of high school games this Saturday at the Passaic Valley High School gym. Varsity head coach Rob Carcich announced that Passaic Valley will field four teams at the one-day camp/tournament. All tolled, approximately 12 schools will compete, starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday.

"We'll have four teams, with freshmen, JV and varsity kids," said Carcich. "The numbers have been pretty good for us, and we're looking forward to playing on Saturday. There will be some good teams coming down, as well."

A third PV basketball camp will be held at the varsity gym on Saturday, July 19. Carcich will also host his annual four day camp for boys who will be in grades 3-8 (this fall) from July 8-11 at the PV gymnasium. The camp will last from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. over the four days. Campers will learn fundamentals of basketball, as well as take part in drills, various stations and overall fun. All camper receive a basketball and jersey for each child.

Carcich and his assistant, Jim Holsworth, will supervise the camp, which will also include members of the high school team as counselors.

For more information, contact Carcich by e-mail at pvrcarcich@yahoo.com.